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[HitchcockInTheZiplock]

First thing I thought of was Chocolate. Cool to see that get some love. The end credits where they show the scenes being filmed was eye opening.

 

[Jimrpg]

Crouching Tiger should be number 1.

Fury Road was straight up average for me.

A pretty crappy list, but then again action movies have been pretty bad. It also seems like the person who made the list threw in a few chinese movies to get some cred, Red Cliff shouldn't be anywhere near a list like this let alone number 11.

Biggest Omissions -

Pacific Rim
Real Steel

 

[Burt]

I watched Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning based on the recommendation of a film-centric website I enjoyed at the time.

Never in my life have I ever been so certain of falling for an undisclosed ad, or I dunno, maybe the reviewer's friend worked on the movie.

But jesus, that movie was a hunk of shit.

Edit:

*goes back through the thread to see what everyone else is saying about Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning*

Jesus Christ, really?

really?

You're gonna tout that high-quality YouTube fanfilm fight as a plus?

really

 

[DerekOfTheDykes]

I'm just happy Chocolate is on the list, discovered it by accident and never see people talk about it but I loved its action pieces to death.

 

[MUnited83]

No Crank? Terrible list. Nice to see Chocolate there, but it makes it even weirder that Ong Bak isn't in the list either.

 

[B33]

The Raid 1 and 2 and John Wick 1 and 2 should be tied together in their respective spots on this list.

 

[Novocaine]

No Commando? :/

 

[Zepp Twofist]

Raid is a Classic. Thats is why Dredd finessed it.

Dredd was shot before The Raid came out.

 

[matrix-cat]

No Crank? Terrible list. Nice to see Chocolate there, but it makes it even weirder that Ong Bak isn't in the list either.

They've got Tom Yum Goong/The Protector at number four, at least, and if they're only going to have one Tony Jaa movie that's the one to pick. At some point that movie just drops all pretense of plot and just becomes "watch Tony Jaa fight against every different style of martial arts"

Having said that, Tony Jaa doesn't light his legs on fire to kick a man to death in The Protector, so that's still a strong point in Ong Bak's favour.

 

[PHOTOSHOP]

The Grandmaster over Donnie Yen's Ip Man wtf.
Grandmaster has good cinematography but we talking about fighting here.

 

[nelsonroyale]

That is a very weak llist compared to the last couple of decades of last century.

 

[Ronin Ray]

Damn, Rent-a-Ryan Reynolds doing work.

Looks more like Rent a Ben Affleck to me

 

[Meciu]

I'm amazed and happy that Chocolate (2008) is on this list. It's an amazing movie. Fury Road as #1 is an obvious choice.

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

No Transformers at all on the list? Fuck that.

 

[Ronin Ray]

I'm just happy Chocolate is on the list, discovered it by accident and never see people talk about it but I loved its action pieces to death.

It always gets brought up because it's usually left out which is crazy to me. Glad it made a list an all be it bad list

 

[HyperZone<3]

I can't front, that's a great list. Mine would look pretty dang similar.
13 Assassins absolutely deserves its place on there, as does Johnnie To's Drug War, and Killzone 2/SPL2 remains underseen and underloved for its sheer friggin operatic awesomeness. Even Death Sentence is a great dark horse pick.
I've got some quibbles, but not really that many, and any exclusions I'd recommend (like say, the anime film Redline) would be nearer the bottom of the list anyway.

Damn, Rent-a-Ryan Reynolds doing work.

I always thought Scott Adkins more resembled a muscled up Sasha Baron Cohen.

 

[theaface]

Needs more Shoot 'Em Up. Feel like everyone forgot about that movie.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

Man From Nowhere was pre good.

 

[HyperZone<3]

Also of important note...

this list is compiled by Vern, of www.outlawvern.com. No wonder its solid, he's got utterly fantastic taste in action movies. For his site he writes very well and smartly about movies that can sometimes be kinda stupid. Love that guy.

Hell, he wrote the definitive book on Steven Seagal's career, the I-can't-recommend-it-enough-tome Seagalogy.

 

[brawly]

The Fighters (Never Back Down) > Fighting

 

[Bishop89]

where original matrix at? lol

 

[TAJ]

Maybe I need to rewatch Haywire because I really disliked the movie.

Don't bother. It's weak and so is this list.

 

[mingo]

Killzone 2 / SPL 2 was an awful film IMO. First one shits all over it.

 

[TAJ]

where original matrix at? lol

1999

 

[Sojgat]

I got bored, so here's my own top 30 (no specific order):

Undisputed 3: Redemption
The Raid: Redemption
The Raid 2
Dredd 3D
The Way of the Gun
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
The Man from Nowhere
No Tears for the Dead
The Nest (2002)
Fulltime Killer
Breaking News
Fast Five
Tom Yum Goong
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Dragon Tiger Gate
Mad Max: Fury Road
Reign of assassins
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Time and Tide
Bad Boys 2
Safe
Redeemer
Blade 2
Kill Zone - S.P.L
Blood and Bone
John Wick
The Matrix Reloaded
Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Rurouni Kenshin Trilogy (my only cheat)

Haven't seen John Wick 2 because it hasn't been released in Australia yet.

 

[Bishop89]

1999

oh right..

 

[Zampano]

I Saw The Devil is in no way an action film.

 

[Big_Al]

"THIS CENTURY" i.e. post 2000

I know, you're the second person to tell me off in this thread

Nice to see Tom Yum Goong in there at least, surprised Ong Bak didn't make the cut. What the hell ever happened to Tony Jaa. He was so good in those two films and then his films completely died on their arse in quality.

Can someone explain the universal soldier thing to me? Is this some hipster thing?

One of them is a genuinely decent action film (not seen Day Of Reckoning) but if it's the one I'm thinking of it doesn't really get going/good until the latter part of the film.

 

[Greatest Ever]

This is the most ridiculous thing anyone has ever said on this site.

It's an action movie that's amazing. Not really.

 

[Galactic Barret]

The fact that the Raid 2 isn't on here, especially in the top 3 (Are you really fucking kidding me with #1?), invalidates the entire list.

#1 is a good, great movie, but "straight-up, ass-kicking"? When did that ever happen in the flick?

 

[Blader]

Kill Bill really is a masterpiece.

 

[Eidan]

I Saw The Devil is in no way an action film.

I love it, but agreed.

 

[VenomousCoffee]

Also of important note...

this list is compiled by Vern, of www.outlawvern.com. No wonder its solid, he's got utterly fantastic taste in action movies. For his site he writes very well and smartly about movies that can sometimes be kinda stupid. Love that guy.

Hell, he wrote the definitive book on Steven Seagal's career, the I-can't-recommend-it-enough-tome Seagalogy.

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So I've been home sick today and I spent some time reading this site. And I gotta say, it's surprisingly insightful and even socially aware. Definitely a lot more going on there than tabulating punches and kicks.